Daily Readings - 30/10/2026

^1:1 From Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus, together with their presiding elders and deacons.

^1:2 We wish you the grace and peace of God our Father and of the Lord Jesus Christ.

^1:3 I thank my God whenever I think of you; and

^1:4 every time I pray for all of you, I pray with joy,

^1:5 remembering how you have helped to spread the Good News from the day you first heard it right up to the present.

^1:6 I am quite certain that the One who began this good work in you will see that it is finished when the Day of Christ Jesus comes.

^1:7 It is only natural that I should feel like this towards you all, since you have shared the privileges which have been mine: both my chains and my work defending and establishing the gospel. You have a permanent place in my heart,

^1:8 and God knows how much I miss you all, loving you as Christ Jesus loves you.

^1:9 My prayer is that your love for each other may increase more and more and never stop improving your knowledge and deepening your perception.

^1:10 so that you can always recognise what is best. This will help you to become pure and blameless, and prepare you for the Day of Christ,

^1:11 when you will reach the perfect goodness which Jesus Christ produces in us for the glory and praise of God.

^111:1 Alleluia!

^111:2 The works of Yahweh are sublime,

^111:3 Every work that he does is full of glory and majesty,

^111:4 He allows us to commemorate his marvels.

^111:5 he provides food for those who fear him;

^111:6 He reminds his people of the power that he wields

^111:7 All that he does is done in faithfulness and justice,

^111:8 ordained to last for ever and ever,

^111:9 Quickly he comes to his people’s rescue,

^111:10 This fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom,

^14:1 Now on a sabbath day he had gone for a meal to the house of one of the leading Pharisees; and they watched him closely.

^14:2 ‘There in front of him was a man with dropsy,

^14:3 and Jesus addressed the lawyers and Pharisees. ‘Is it against the law’ he asked ‘to cure a man on the sabbath, or not?’

^14:4 But they remained silent, so he took the man and cured him and sent him away.

^14:5 Then he said to them, ‘Which of you here, if his son falls into a well, or his ox, will not pull him out on a sabbath day without hesitation?’

^14:6 And to this they could find no answer.